Commissioner Kugelblitz

Commissioner Kugelblitz is the main character in a series of children's books from the age of 8 by Ursel Scheffler .

The first volume was published in 1982 , the latest with volume 31 in March 2012. In the meantime, radio plays and CD-ROMs have also appeared on which his role is spoken by Douglas Welbat .

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Each of these books describes different cases that the Commissioner is working on. In the course of a story the perpetrator reveals himself and at the end the reader is asked who the perpetrator is or how he betrayed himself. The solution can then be checked with a miracle foil (a red foil) found in the book . In previous editions, you could make a magnifying glass from this film .

The crimes Kugelblitz works on are mostly cleverly executed thefts and frauds, but - since this is a children's book series - never violent crimes, with the exception of minor or more serious injuries, which are not the subject of the crime and also do not result in bloodshed . The investigations are always described so simply that the reader stays "on the ball" or is even ahead of them based on their own considerations. At the end there is always a logical conclusion from Kugelblitz, which the latter draws from the carelessness of the perpetrator, which results in his arrest.

Inspector Isidor Kugelblitz is, as he only has sparse, white hair, apparently in his later years. He is fat, has a moon face and a mustache, which gives him a personable appearance. In character he is a good-natured and friendly, but also very determined and determined person. Kugelblitz lives and works in Hamburg . Most of his cases take place there. But it can also happen that individual cases take place in some other place in the world.

The reader does not learn too much about the private life of Kugelblitz. Kugelblitz is a childless widower and has a housekeeper named Mrs. Besenritter. Often his nephew Martin appears in the stories. He is 12 years old and attends the Schiller-Gymnasium in Hamburg (vol. 18). Occasionally, Kugelblitz does something with him in his spare time and happens to have to help solve cases that arise. Kugelblitz also has a mother. One story tells that he chose a gift for her. Often his friend Tütü also appears. In the first volumes he lives like ball lightning in Hamburg. In a later episode, Tütü emigrates to New Zealand and gets married there. Kugelblitz visits his friend there. Instead of a relaxing vacation, he has to help his New Zealand colleagues in a kidnapping case.

In volume 16, Kugelblitz receives a safari trip to South Africa from his South African friend and colleague Joop Nelson . But during the educational trip he has to help solve a case of poaching. This case takes him and his colleague Nelson to neighboring Mozambique . There the two of them help their Mozambican colleague, Inspector Mali, Ali Moffo, to convict the nephew of an influential minister of criminal acts and to arrest him despite his trump card.

In Volume 18, Kugelblitz takes a vacation on the North Sea. But he cannot fully enjoy this either because he has to help his colleagues on site to clear up a series of blackmail and arson attacks.

Kugelblitz has a great preference for ice cream sundaes, which he often pursues. But sometimes he is also on a diet and therefore does without it.

Kugelblitz does not work alone, but has three subordinates with whom he works on his cases; in individual cases they are heavily involved in solving them. Once there is Sonja Sandmann, a young and very attentive police officer, short-haired, blonde, slim and tall. She is solo but has a boyfriend at times. Sandmann only appears from Volume 12 (The Coral Case) because she is being transferred from Büsum to Hamburg. Number two in Kugelblitz 'team is Police Master Peter Zwiebel. Onion is also quite large, dark-haired and bearded. He is married and the father of the boys Max and Moritz. He is also a fairly alert head, but more of an executive organ. The last of the group is Fritz Pommes. Like ball lightning, he's quite stout and less tall. Otherwise, there's not much to say about french fries other than that he's a little slower in the head than his colleagues. A secretary named Ella Rok also works for the four officers for a short time. This only occurs in Volume 12 (The Coral Case).

Volumes published so far

1. The Red Sock (1982), ISBN 3-505-08233-3 .
2. The Orange Mask (1982), ISBN 3-505-08234-1 .
3. The Yellow Suitcase (1982), ISBN 3-505-08276-7 .
4. The Green Parrot (1983), ISBN 3-505-08325-9 .
5. The purple organ organ (1984), ISBN 3-505-08793-9 .
6. The Blue Room (1984), ISBN 3-505-09009-3 .
7. The Black Spirit (1986), ISBN 3-505-09394-7 .
8. The Pink Hippopotamus (1987), ISBN 3-505-09631-8 .
9. The snow-white cat (1988), ISBN 3-505-09721-7 .
10. The golden dragon (1990), ISBN 3-505-04128-9 .
11. The Jade Elephant (1992), ISBN 3-505-04684-1 .
12. The Coral Case (1993), ISBN 3-505-04505-5 .
13. Pumpkin Spirit and Silver Spray (1994), ISBN 3-505-08108-6 .
14. The Kobra case (1995), ISBN 3-505-10030-7 .
15. Smoke signals (1996), ISBN 3-505-10328-4 .
16. On the trail of rhino hunters (1997), ISBN 3-505-10712-3 .
17. KK fishes on the Internet (1997), ISBN 3-505-10792-1 .
18. The Giftnudel case (1998), ISBN 3-505-10872-3 .
19. The Kiwi case (1999), ISBN 3-505-11006-X .
20. The 2013 file (1999), ISBN 3-505-11093-0 .
21. The Mosquito Gang (2000), ISBN 3-505-11251-8 .
22. Missing on the Mississippi (2000), ISBN 3-505-11374-3 .
23. The Secret of Spooky Hill (2001), ISBN 3-505-11546-0 .
24. The case of the desert king (2001), ISBN 3-505-11616-5 .
25. The Secret of the Feathered Serpent (2002), ISBN 3-505-11744-7 .
26. Snow on Mallorca (2003), ISBN 3-505-11907-5 .
27. Dead drink no cola (2005), ISBN 978-3-505-12135-7 .
28. The Shanghai Case (2006), ISBN 978-3-505-12246-0 .
29. The Rhinoceros Case (2008), ISBN 978-3-505-12441-9 .
30. Pirates of the Desert (2010), ISBN 978-3-505-12731-1 .
31. Alarm in Windhoek (2012), ISBN 978-3-505-12896-7 .

Anthologies

• Anthology 1: The red sock / The orange mask / The yellow suitcase. ISBN 978-3-505-11658-2 .
• Anthology 2: The green parrot / The purple organ grinder / The blue room. ISBN 978-3-505-11659-9 .
• Anthology 3: The black spirit / The pink hippopotamus / The snow-white cat. ISBN 978-3-505-11192-1 .
• Anthology 4: The Golden Dragon / The Jade Elephant / The Coral Fall. ISBN 978-3-505-11637-7 .
• Anthology 5: Pumpkin Spirit and Silver Spray / The Cobra Case / Smoke Signals. ISBN 978-3-505-11231-7 .
• Anthology 6: On the trail of rhino hunters / Commissioner Kugelblitz fishes on the Internet / The poison noodle case. ISBN 978-3-505-11809-8 .
• Anthology 7: The Kiwi Case / The 2013 Files / The Mosquito Gang. ISBN 978-3-505-12287-3 .
• Anthology 8: Missing on the Mississippi / The Secret of Spooky Hill / The Fall of the Desert King. ISBN 978-3-505-12478-5 .
• Anthology 9: The Feathered Snake / Snow on Mallorca / Dead people don't drink Cola. ISBN 978-3-505-12882-0 .

Other books with Commissioner Kugelblitz

• Krimimix mit Kugelblitz 1 (1994), ISBN 3-505-08111-6 .
• Krimimix mit Kugelblitz 2 (1994), ISBN 3-505-00038-8 .
• The Black Q (1997), ISBN 3-505-10599-6 .
• Commissioner Kugelblitz - The great crime thriller (2002), ISBN 978-3-505-11808-1 .
• On the hot track with Kugelblitz (2003), DNB 975585711 .
• Commissioner Kugelblitz is chasing Dr. Fong - A New Story (2003), ISBN 978-3-505-11998-9 .
• Commissioner Kugelblitz - The Sphinx Case (2004), ISBN 978-3-505-12093-0 .
• Commissioner Kugelblitz - Krimi-Jitze (2005), ISBN 978-3-505-12208-8 .
• Everyone can count on ball lightning (2006), DNB 978402022 .
• Searching for clues with Kugelblitz (2007), DNB 982858914 .
• Ball lightning in London (2007), ISBN 978-3-86760-638-7 .
• Kugelblitz in Istanbul (2007), ISBN 978-3-86760-639-4 .
• Kugelblitz in Venice (2008), ISBN 978-3-505-12463-1 .
• Kugelblitz in Paris (2009), ISBN 978-3-505-12673-4 .
• Ball lightning as Santa Claus (2009), ISBN 978-3-86760-077-4 .
• Kugelblitz in New York (2010), ISBN 978-3-505-12769-4 .
• Holiday fun with Kugelblitz (2011), ISBN 978-3-505-12884-4 .
• Kugelblitz in Sydney (2011), ISBN 978-3-505-12853-0 .
• On the hunt for crooks through Germany (2012), ISBN 978-3-86760-160-3 .
• Kugelblitz in Amsterdam (2013), ISBN 978-3-505-13026-7 .
• Ball lightning in Spain (2014), ISBN 978-3-505-13392-3 .
• Kugelblitz in Vienna (2014), ISBN 978-3-505-13493-7 .
• Ball lightning in Barcelona (2017), ISBN 978-3505140143 .

CD-ROMs

• Missing on the Mississippi (1)
• The Secret of Spooky Hill (2)
• The Fall of the Desert King (3)
• The large detective box (contains all 3 CD-ROMs )

Web links

• Commissioner Kugelblitz . In: Ursel Scheffler's website
• Commissioner Kugelblitz . In: Egmont-Shop.de
• Literature by and about Commissioner Kugelblitz in the catalog of the German National Library